Canada's three opposition leaders accused Prime Minister Stephen Harper of incompetence and deceit during an election debate on Tuesday as they sought to cut into the ruling Conservative Party's big poll lead.

OTTAWA–Michael Ignatieff has seized his long-sought prize – the Liberal leadership – raising fresh questions about the future of the opposition coalition that has vowed to defeat the minority Conservatives next month.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to visit Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean this morning and submit a formal request to have Parliament suspended until late January, in an attempt to prevent a confidence motion that could bring down the government...

VANCOUVER–Vancouverites go to the polls for municipal elections today in a campaign that has become red hot over the controversy of a $100 million loan from the city to the developer of the athletes village for the 2010 Olympics.

Claiming a "burning desire" to defeat Stephen Harper's Conservatives and the right stuff to lead the Liberals back to power, Toronto MP Michael Ignatieff entered the race to replace Stéphane Dion yesterday.

OTTAWA - Now that the Liberal party has set the ground rules, several potential Liberal leadership candidates plan to announce over the next week their decisions on whether to enter the race to replace Stephane Dion.

QUEBEC — It is almost a full week into the Quebec election campaign and the three party leaders have seen their campaigns marred by name-calling and fisticuffs, which has only added to voters' cynicism about an election that many believe is unnece...

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper said yesterday he will stress to Barack Obama that Canada's relationship with the U.S. is its most important, and that he will make energy and the environment a top priority for dealings with the new administ...